The German Respiratory Society will award two research prizes, each of € 10,000, in the coming year. The prizes are aimed to support and promote the next generation of researchers in the field of respiratory research. They will be awarded for the best research achievements, one for clinical and one for lab-based research achievements.

The publications must be in German or English and may not have been or be submitted for any other prize. Already published work may only be considered if the date of publication is less than one year prior to the application deadline. Groups of related publications may be submitted along with a one or two-sided summary. If the publications are the result of group research or the applicant is not first named author of a relevant publication, the application should include an exact statement of the proportion of the work attributed to the applicant. The applicants should be under 40 years of age and working in the Federal Republic of Germany at the closing date for the application. It will also be taken into consideration if the main research for the publication has demonstrably been carried out in Germany.

Both prizes will be awarded at the DGP congress in Munich during the opening ceremony on March 14, 2019 and the prize winners are expected to personally attend at the ceremony. Applicants should submit their application by January 8, 2019. The submitted work should be in pdf format no larger than 5 MB. It should be accompanied by a list of publications and CV, and be sent to the General Secretary, Professor Winfried J. Randerath at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Incomplete applications may not be considered, and the judging committee's decision is final.